Jackie was 17 when Bezos was born in Albuquerque; he was 1 when Jackie divorced his biological father,Ted Jorgenson. Mike, who left Cuba for the U.S. when he was 15, met Jackie while working the night shift at Bank of New Mexico while attending the University of Al...
Amazon more than doubled its first-quarter net income to $1.6 billion, while revenue jumped 43% to $51 billion. As investors bid up the stock, Bezos’s fortune jumped at least $12 billion after the closing bell Thursday. U.S. Stock Market Quotes Advertisement Arrives Weekly Get Our Ne...
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His focus on customer obsession is something that he can trace back to his days working alongsideBezos to turn Amazoninto much more than an online bookstore. "His basic insight was, on the internet, everyone is a click away from everyone else. And so, if you don't obsess over your cu...
One of Bezos’ top lieutenants, Jassy has worked at Amazon since its early days. He founded AWS in 2003, growing it into one of the most important divisions within Amazon. Last year, AWS brought in $45.4 billion in sales and had $13.5 billion in operating income. ...
But a one-way door risk probably can't be undone. "You go in that door, you're not coming back," said Bezos. "Those decisions have to be made very deliberately, very carefully." Hastings agreed: "I think that's a great business philosophy. I share it." ...
so committing $10 billion to philanthropy isn’t taking a huge chunk out of Bezos’ net worth. Bezos hasn’t been quite as vocal as other tech billionaires about his philanthropy, though in 2018, he did launch announcea network of free nonprofit preschoolsto be built in low-income communitie...
Jeff Bezos has officially stepped down from his role as Amazon CEO. Andy Jassy is now listed as the company’s CEO on its investor relations website, after previously having run Amazon Web Services since 2003.
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